Isaiah 19:7

The meadows by the Nile, by the brink of the Nile, and all that is sown by the Nile, shall become dry, be driven away, and be no more.

Revised Version 1895

In The King James Version

The paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of the brooks, and every thing sown by the brooks, shall wither, be driven away, and be no more.

In Context

6And the rivers shall stink; the streams of Egypt shall be minished and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither away.

8The fishers also shall lament, and all they that cast angle into the Nile shall mourn, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish.

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Cross References

Isaiah 23:3And on great waters the seed of Shihor, the harvest of the Nile, was her revenue; and she was the mart of nations.

Jeremiah 14:4Because of the ground which is chapt, for that no rain hath been in the land, the plowmen are ashamed, they cover their heads.

Joel 1:17The seeds rot under their clods; the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 19:2-18

The Doom of Egypt. ( b. c. 710.) 1 The burden of Egypt. Behold, the Lord rideth upon a swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it. 2 And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they shall fight every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbour; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom. 3 And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel… Read the whole commentary →

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